Appreciative Inquiry
|
|
In Organizational development (OD), appreciative inquiry (AI) is an innovative human resource management approach to organizational renewal. The basic idea is to build organizations around what works, rather than trying to fix what doesn't. A major benefit of the approach is its reliance on the acknowledgement of contribution at the individual level, which leads to trust and organizational alignment. Since the method discusses concrete successes and lends itself to cross-industrial social activities, it is enjoyable and natural to many managers, who tend to be naturally social people focused on the bottom line.
Appreciative Inquiry was developed by David Cooperrider of Case Western Reserve University. It is now a commonly accepted practice in the evaluation of organizational development strategy and implementation organizational effectiveness tactics.
External Links
- The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry, http://www.thinbook.com/T-Book_AI.html
- http://appreciativeinquiry.cwru.edu/
- Harvard Business School about Appreciative Inquiry http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=3684&t=innovation